Role of whole-blood interferon-gamma release assay in the diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1564-1570

  Leung, Eric C C ^a   Leung, C C ^a   Leung, W W L ^b   Kam, K M ^b   Yew, W W ^c   Lee, S N ^a   Tam, C M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^c GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Active tuberculosis; Interferon gamma release assay; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649381213     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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